Tag Archives: Jersey City

For Some JC Businesses, Shops Prepare For Weather Change

There are many things that signal the coming of winter: dead flowers, naked trees, holiday shopping commercials. But my first sign of the approaching cold season came to me after I went into my local ice cream shop, Torico, for … Continue reading

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Balancing Act

Balance Hair Salon, located on 18 Erie Street in downtown Jersey City, is unlike any salon in the area. It is a far shot away from the all-white decor salons that play ambient trance music and charge extravagant prices that … Continue reading

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Junk spot? Hardly

My news story proposal is about the concrete skateboard area that recently sprung up behind Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The area, known as “the junk spot”, was built without city approval or supervision in July and has immediately … Continue reading

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A Helping Hand and a Hot Breakfast

 As daylight grows shorter and temperatures begin to plummet, many residents of Jersey City are forced to sleep outside of businesses and restaurants. The JC homeless community is cast aside and ignored like another piece of debris on the street. Luckily, the … Continue reading

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Mixing Pizza and Politics

Outside Frank’s Famous Pizzeria, located on Monmouth Street in Jersey City, owner Frank Scalcione talks about his plans and campaign as he runs for… wait for it… Jersey City Council Member.  “I’m a people person,” Scalcione said as he stood outside his … Continue reading

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